The Walking Gallery at 5 years

2016.06.15 Better Together Health with Council of Accountable Physician Practices 00564 (View on Flickr.com)1 artist in 2011, 43 in 2016. A few jackets in 2011 (My first is #11), over 400 in 2016.

It’s been exactly 5 years since Regina Holliday (@ReginaHolliday) conceived the first one, and a most important milestone passed (for me) : Regina actually painting inside the Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health (@KPTotalHealth).

Organizations and cultures change. So do people – the statement (among many) that most impressed me in 2016 was when Regina told me that her painting has gotten much better since 2011. I was wondering how that could be, but on reflection, so has my photography. People get better with time, too.

One thing that hasn’t changed was what a complete stranger said to me in the elevator – “I wanna see the back of your jacket.” – be my guest.

Unfortunately, Regina has really mellowed out, she’s lost her passion – just kidding!

I got to see her again in her role as panelist along with several other passionate leaders at Better Together Health, hosted by the Council of Accountable Physician Practices. I was assigned as her personal host, which she quipped was really the role of “managing the activist.” But really who’s managing who 🙂 . For the handful of humans that I know that are like Regina, on a mission, my simple advice always holds true – just don’t say no to her. And why would we want to anyway, I like this crazy life ride.